Decision:

To sign the updated Section 22A Agreement under the Police Act 1996 (as amended) for Cambridgeshire Constabulary for the development of a fully collaborated Joint Protective Services function with Bedfordshire Police and Hertfordshire Constabulary.

Decision Summary:

The Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s Business Co-ordination Board (“the Board”) meeting on the 23rd June 2016 discussed and agreed the proposal for the existing Section 22A Agreement for Joint Protective Services (JPS) function of Bedfordshire Police, Cambridgeshire Constabulary (“the Constabulary”), and Hertfordshire Police to be updated into a shared services framework which also provides and updates the apportionment rates between the six corporations sole (the Chief Constables of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire and the Police and Crime Commissioners for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire).

The Board approved that the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Constabulary should sign the updated Section 22A Agreement to effect the collaborative arrangements for the purpose of providing efficient and effective policing.